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Famine in Gaza
CGIAR18.03.24-
Food security
By Rob Vos, Ismahane Elouafi, and Johan Swinnen Is it too late to save Gaza’s…
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CGIAR's Rachael McDonnell highlights systems approach in UK inquiry on achieving zero hunger
CGIAR14.03.24Rachael McDonnell, IWMI Deputy Director General and CGIAR Senior Program Director for Water Systems,…
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How to implement "innovation portfolio management" in a public R&D organization
CGIAR07.03.24To feed and nourish ten billion people by mid-century, and to do so sustainably, our…
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Invest in women, ignite change in food systems
CGIAR05.03.24By Ismahane Elouafi, CGIAR Executive Managing Director On this International Women’s Day, we celeb…
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New report: CGIAR's Transformative Crop Technologies Drive $1.3 Trillion Impact
CGIAR27.02.24The cumulative impact of CGIAR-related crop technologies reached US$1,334 billion from 1961 to 2020,…
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Urban wetlands and the built environment: how Colombo’s green spaces enhance city life
IWMI02.02.24-
Environmental health
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Environmental health & biodiversity
Colombo must justify the renewal of its Ramsar Wetland City status this year. Has the…
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Investment in agricultural research key to offsetting climate change impacts
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)25.09.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
On Sept. 23, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the World Bank, the United Kingdom, the Neth…
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Call for proposals: The political economy of food system transformation
CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM)25.09.19-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) is issuing a call for…
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IFPRI at the African Association of Agricultural Economists conference
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)23.09.19-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The African Association of Agricultural Economists holds its 6th annual conference this week in Ab…
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Smallholder farmers’ multi-front strategy combats rapidly evolving wheat rust in Ethiopia
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)18.09.19-
Food security
New research shows that smallholder farmers in Ethiopia used various coping mechanisms apart from …
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Benefits of interconnectedness: How addressing climate change can foster sustainable land and food security
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)17.09.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Third in a series of blog posts exploring IFPRI's work on climate change and its implications for…
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Forage sorghum hybrid hailed as a landmark cultivar in India
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)13.09.19-
Food security
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Health
A new sorghum hybrid developed using ICRISAT breeding material was recently given special recognitio…
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Farmers’ demand for labor-friendly chickpea bears fruit: 2 more machine-harvestable varieties released in India
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)13.09.19-
Biodiversity
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Food security
For the first time, the Central Varietal Release Committee (CVRC) of India has released two…
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A few engineering breakthroughs that could (literally) transform Africa’s dairy systems and food security
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)12.09.19-
Food security
Antigen biosensor detector on a UV LASER ablated gold coated glass plate (Photo credit: Flickr/Clive…
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Thursday Links, September 2019
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)12.09.19-
Food security
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Gender equality
A monthly round-up of recent articles, blog postings and tweets about livestock, aid and other…
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IRRI co-organizes multi-stakeholder dialogue to strengthen extension and advisory services in Odisha
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)11.09.19-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), together with the Department of Agriculture and Fa…
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Harnessing livestock innovations for greater economic good
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)10.09.19-
Food security
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
Shirley Tarawali, assistant director general of ILRI, speaking at GASL 2019 (photo credit: IL…
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Averting the looming climate crisis for the global poor
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)10.09.19-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Second in a series of blog posts exploring IFPRI's work on climate change and its implications for…
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12 years of research on Tropical Legumes: 25 million smallholder farmers now grow improved varieties
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)06.09.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
Over a period of 12 years (2007-2019), the Tropical Legumes projects led to the development…
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12 years of Tropical Legumes: 25 million smallholder farmers now grow improved varieties
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)06.09.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
Over a period of 12 years (2007-2019), the Tropical Legumes projects led to the development…
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Breeding future-ready crops: selecting priority traits in breeding programs via product profiles
CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (GLDC)06.09.19-
Food security
Developing crop varieties that meet the needs of all stakeholders, with farmers, value chain actors…
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Multiple bridges connecting the water-nutrition divide: What’s new?
CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)06.09.19-
Food security
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Nutrition
This was the question discussed by experts at a session during this year’s World Water…
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Researchers look deep under the banana’s skin
CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB)05.09.19-
Food security
The very thing that makes bananas so easy to eat – they don’t have seeds…
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Will genetic engineering contribute to disease-resistant crops, and who will benefit?
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)03.09.19-
Food security
Genetic engineering (GE)—the introduction or change of DNA, RNA or proteins by human manipulation …
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